The expression “for good measure” usually doesn’t involve actual measuring, but there are jokes. “I needed to buy a new ruler and they were 2 for 50p. I bought an extra one for good measure” was posted on Twitter on April 12, 2011. “I bought a new ruler, just for good measure. #HA #jokes #hilarious #summerfun” was posted on Twitter on August 25, 2012.
“I bought an expensive ruler, just for good measure” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on April 12, 2018.
Twitter
ProFreshional
@SaintJeffz
I needed to buy a new ruler and they were 2 for 50p. I bought an extra one for good measure.
5:26 PM - 12 Apr 2011
Twitter
Neil
@_Enanem_
I bought a marker pen at the supermarket, it’s hard to describe.. Oh, and a ruler, just for good measure.
2:46 PM - 27 Sep 2011
Twitter
Dan Cole
@dandruffcole
I bought a new ruler, just for good measure. #HA #jokes #hilarious #summerfun
7:05 PM - 25 Aug 2012
Twitter
Alexander Hauge
@AMxHauge
I wasn’t sure if I had a ruler at home, so I bought one just for good measure.
11:45 PM - 12 May 2014
Reddit—Oneliners
I bought an expensive ruler, just for good measure.
submitted April 12, 2018 by TommehBoi
Twitter
JokeFarm
@_JokeFarm
I bought an expensive ruler, just for good measure. #joke #jokes
10:55 PM - 11 Apr 2018 (Posted after the above.—ed.)
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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